Prof. Erik Stolterman

Prof. Erik Stolterman Bergqvist is a Distinguished Visiting Faculty at FLAME University.

Prof. Erik Stolterman Bergqvist is distinguished scholar, and holds a Doctorate Degree in Informatics from Umea University in Sweden. His main work is within the areas of HCI, interaction design, design practice, philosophy and theory of design. He has published a large number of articles and five books, including “Thoughtful Interaction Design” (MIT Press), “The Design Way” (MIT Press) and “Things That Keep Us Busy--The Elements of Interaction” (MIT Press, 2017). He has also been the co-Editor for the Design Thinking/Design Theory book series published by MIT Press. He also serves on several editorial boards of prestigious international journals.

Before joining FLAME, Prof. Stolterman was Professor at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University. He also served many years as a Professor at the Department of Informatics, Umea University and at the internationally recognized design school Institute of Design at Umea University.